Sierra Cascades – 8/25/2-013 – Sisters to Sun River

 

Sun River is not a town; it’s a resort pretty much in the middle of nowhere.

Yesterday I justified today’s  EASY ROUTE but I didn’t have to. Almost everyone took the easy route, primarily due to threatening weather.  The forecast was for thundershowers in the afternoon so we were surprised to see rain at the motel at 6:00 am.  Brenda and I waited until 8:15 to leave and found dry roads.  The  thundershowers did arrive after we arrived at Sun River at 12:30.

Starting mid-day on Friday the topography and vegetation started changing.  The thick fir forest gave way to scattered pines and sage.  It somewhat looked like a desert.  Maybe that’s why we passed the High Desert Museum today.

And a lot of today’s ride was through farm land and ranchland.  But of course there were still a few hills. I got caught in a very brief shower.  We had headwind on the last 15 miles; reminded me of home. Overall it was an easy day.

Today was riding day 8 out of 24; the tour is 1/3 complete.

Miles today = 48, Elevation gain = 2,216. Total miles = 547, Tot Elevation gain = 28,391